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March is National Nutrition Month!\u00a0 It is a campaign created to focus on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activities.\u00a0 What better way to celebrate than to share our top tips on senior nutrition for our residents and their loved ones.<\/p>\n
At Generations Healthcare Network, we make sure that each facility works with our dietary department to ensure our residents are getting the proper nutrients, fruits and vegetables daily.<\/p>\n
Nenita Guzman, the Director of Food Service Management at Generations Healthcare Network provides consultant services to contracted facilities. Her role is to ensure the facilities are serving nutritious, delicious, well-presented meals. She partners with our food service vendors and dietitians to ensure menus are designed to meet the dietary requirements for all facility residents.<\/p>\n
Our top tips for senior health:<\/p>\n
Tip #1:<\/strong> Omega 3 Fatty Acids have been proven to reduce inflammation and can be found in flaxseeds and flaxseed oil, walnuts, canola oil, and different types of fish.\u00a0 An Omega 3 supplement can also help when added to your diet.<\/p>\n Tip #2:<\/strong> Calcium is needed to build bone health.\u00a0 It also has an added benefit because it lowers blood pressure.\u00a0 The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends seniors get at least 1200 milligrams per day of calcium \u2013 equal to about four cups of fortified orange juice, dairy milk, or fortified non-dairy milks such as almond or soy. Leafy greens like kale and turnip greens are also great sources of absorbable calcium.<\/p>\n Tip #3:<\/strong> Another great option for your diet is to limit your sodium intake.\u00a0 The best options that will keep your blood pressure low are fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables, dry beans, unsalted nuts and nut butters, and grains like brown rice and oats.<\/p>\n Tip #4:<\/strong> Lastly, hydrate, hydrate, hydrate!\u00a0 Some medications can make you more susceptible to dehydration.\u00a0 Drink at least 8 oz of fluid with each medication intake, drink \u201cmocktail\u201d concoctions like strawberry\/ coconut water or cucumber lemonade and add water-content foods such as fruit, vegetables and soups to your diet.<\/p>\n Overall, when it comes to healthy aging, being open to changes is beneficial.\u00a0 Educate yourself and your family members and ask your doctor and nutritionist about the best options for all!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" March is National Nutrition Month!\u00a0 It is a campaign created to focus on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activities.\u00a0 What better way to celebrate than to share our top tips on senior nutrition for our residents and their loved ones. At Generations Healthcare Network, we make sure… Read more»<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auburnvillage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auburnvillage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auburnvillage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auburnvillage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auburnvillage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/auburnvillage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auburnvillage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auburnvillage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auburnvillage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auburnvillage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}